---
title: 'Send email using AWS SES'
sidebarTitle: 'AWS SES'
description: 'Learn how to send an email using React Email and the AWS SES Node.js SDK.'
'og:image': 'https://react.email/static/covers/react-email.png'
---

## 1. Install dependencies

Get the [@react-email/components](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-email/components) package and the [AWS SES Node.js SDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/clients/client-ses/).

<CodeGroup>

```sh npm
npm install @aws-sdk/client-ses @react-email/components
```

```sh yarn
yarn add @aws-sdk/client-ses @react-email/components
```

```sh pnpm
pnpm add @aws-sdk/client-ses @react-email/components
```

</CodeGroup>

## 2. Create an email using React

Start by building your email template in a `.jsx` or `.tsx` file.

```tsx email.tsx
import * as React from 'react';
import { Html, Button } from "@react-email/components";

export function Email(props) {
  const { url } = props;

  return (
    <Html lang="en">
      <Button href={url}>Click me</Button>
    </Html>
  );
}
```

## 3. Convert to HTML and send email

Import the email template you just built, convert into an HTML string, and use the AWS SES SDK to send it.

```tsx
import type { SendEmailCommandInput } from "@aws-sdk/client-ses";
import { render } from '@react-email/components';
import { SES } from '@aws-sdk/client-ses';
import { Email } from './email';

const ses = new SES({ region: process.env.AWS_SES_REGION })

const emailHtml = await render(<Email url="https://example.com" />);

const params: SendEmailCommandInput = {
  Source: 'you@example.com',
  Destination: {
    ToAddresses: ['user@gmail.com'],
  },
  Message: {
    Body: {
      Html: {
        Charset: 'UTF-8',
        Data: emailHtml,
      },
    },
    Subject: {
      Charset: 'UTF-8',
      Data: 'hello world',
    },
  },
};

await ses.sendEmail(params);
```

## Try it yourself

<Card
  title="AWS SES example"
  icon='arrow-up-right-from-square'
  iconType="duotone"
  href="https://github.com/resend/react-email/tree/main/examples/aws-ses"
>
  See the full source code.
</Card>
